My friend Ben lived in Moab for a season working as a skydiving tandem master. Now he’s working at a dropzone in the midwest, missing our climbing and base jumping adventures. Never one to be daunted by adversity, he decided to build a climbing wall inside the 5th wheel trailer he is living in, and [...]

Hi Steph, I want to pick your brain about training techniques, if I may. I started climbing about 6 months ago in Minnesota and recently moved to Turkey, so while most of my climbing experience has been indoors due to snow overload, it won’t be for long. I’m so new at climbing but I really [...]

Hey Steph, Hope things are well over there in Utah, wish I was there. First and foremost, thank you for being an awesome lady. You have come to be a big inspiration to me as a younger woman. Anywho, I wanted to get your insight on an issue I’m having regarding climbing. I’m not sure [...]

Steph, is it too late for a 52 year old guy, in good shape, to begin to climb? What are the limitations? Charles Hi Charles, My friend Lee Sheftel is one of my greatest climbing inspirations. He’s over 60, and he has been climbing at Rifle for over twenty years. Lee redpointed his first 14a [...]

Hey Steph. Three weeks ago I was riding my bike home from school and my left foot slipped off the pedal, which continued to rotate around and came down behind my achilles tendon and partially severed it (about 50% of it is still intact, so no surgery!). This caused me to front flip over the [...]

Hi Steph! My name is Alex and I recently visited your website! Great advice that you have up there! I was just wondering if you could help me out with a little advice. I have been climbing for just about a year now and am finding myself hitting a Plateau. It has been getting pretty [...]

Hello Steph! My name is Oleg; I’m 21, live in Novosibirsk city (Russia) and have some questions which might be interesting for other people as well. Not long ago I started to do skydiving and made 28 jumps till now (I know you don’t like to count the jumps, but it’s the only apparent way [...]

Steph, Love what you do – because I can’t do it! – and your videos scare the living crap out of me. You’re a bad ass, plain and simple. I’m a guy who spends a lot of time in the gym and a lot of time preparing my meals so that I can eat the [...]

Hey Steph, Let me start off by saying you kick ass and are a huge inspiration for climbers all over the world!!! Quick question, I recently started climbing at my local rock gym here in Phoenix AZ. I love climbing and my girlfriend and I go as much as possible, about 2 to 5 times [...]

(Ridge of Decisions by Jeremy Collins) Hi Steph! I feel like I’ve really reached a plateau with my climbing lately. I am wondering if you have any tips for keeping the psych up, what a good diet would look like, and a training routine. Your blog is filled with so much valuable information and I [...]